The A4074 from Reading towards Oxford passes through the west of the parish and it is located 6 miles from Henley on Thames.

The village is dispersed into four built-up streets or small clusters of homes and has half-timbered cottages, housing ranging from early Georgian to a few late 20th century and early 21st century homes [2] and a public house, the New Inn.

[6] The nearest shop, café and small business services are in Sonning Common, centred 0.5 miles (1 km) north-east.

The parish council generally meets at the Diamond Jubilee Pavilion at Gallowstree Common Recreation Ground.

[11] The land use statistics published with the 2011 census show that the area was mostly greenspace, which is agriculture and woodland in this area, with the next highest land use category being domestic gardens, followed by roads, non-domestic buildings and domestic buildings.